August 23 Weather Seasonal Temps And Back To Summer Heat This Weekend

Friday, August 23 2024

Morning Report

The main story in this quiet pattern is all about the temperatures. Yesterday, Baltimore had a third day in a row in the 70s.  This now surpasses the number of days over 100ºF.  Here is the breakdown of days this month in the:

• 100s = 2
• 90s = 4
• 80s = 13
• 70s = 3

The average for the month is 0.6ºF above average.. which is ‘essentially normal.’

The weekend will turn hot, and then a disturbance from New England will bring us the next round of showers and thunderstorms.

Morning Temperatures 

Many areas in the 50s!

The 40s dominate from Frederick and WEST to the mountains. Some interior local valleys are in the 40s as well.

Morning Surface Weather

High Pressure remains in control, and building overhead.

Afternoon Temperatures

Warming back to the 80s with sunshine, light wind, and comfortable humidity.

EXTENDED FORECAST BELOW

CLIMATE DATA: Baltimore

TODAY August 23

Sunrise at 6:28 AM

Sunset at 7:50 PM

Normal Low in Baltimore:  65ºF

Record 50ºF in 1952

Normal High in Baltimore: 86ºF

Record 98ºF 1968

Summer Hot Day Totals At BWI

8 Days at or above 100ºF

39 Days total at or above 90ºF 

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SATURDAY AUGUST 24

Warming Back Up

Morning Temperatures

Seasonal…

Afternoon Temperatures

Getting back into the upper 80s.

Jet Stream

Animation: Saturday Through Thursday

Animation shows the 500mb heights. This is around 18,000 Ft and represents the warm and cool air in the atmosphere that responds to how high it is measured.

The push of summer heat this weekend will be met with an Upper-Level Low dropping South from New England. This will result in showers and thunderstorms early next week.

Monday Snapshot

The Upper-Level Low from New England may bring brief instability.

Thursday Snapshot

Unsettled across The Northeast US and the cool pocket stays in New England. However, it might bring some showers and T’storms.

Surface Weather Forecast

Monday Night: Storm Chance?

7 Day Forecast

Summer heat returns this weekend and will be back next week.

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RESTATING MY MESSAGE ABOUT DYSLEXIA

I am aware there are some spelling and grammar typos and occasional other glitches. I take responsibility for my mistakes and even the computer glitches I may miss. I have made a few public statements over the years, but if you are new here, you may have missed it: I have dyslexia and found out during my second year at Cornell University. It didn’t stop me from getting my meteorology degree and being the first to get the AMS CBM in the Baltimore/Washington region.

One of my professors told me that I had made it that far without knowing and to not let it be a crutch going forward. That was Mark Wysocki, and he was absolutely correct! I do miss my mistakes in my own proofreading. The autocorrect spell check on my computer sometimes does an injustice to make it worse. I also can make mistakes in forecasting. No one is perfect at predicting the future. All of the maps and information are accurate. The ‘wordy’ stuff can get sticky. 

There has been no editor who can check my work while writing and to have it ready to send out in a newsworthy timeline. Barbara Werner is a member of the web team that helps me maintain this site. She has taken it upon herself to edit typos when she is available. That could be AFTER you read this. I accept this and perhaps proves what you read is really from me… It’s part of my charm. #FITF